Abstract
The transmission of optical multimode carriers via clad glass fibres has many advantages, but in general introduces severe signal distortion because of mode delay differences. We describe a simple semiconductor receiver capable of equalizing these delay differences at the fibre end. A tenfold increase in bandwidth (data rate) should be possible by this means if mode coupling in the fibre is not excessive.
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Gloge, D. Fibre delay equalization by carrier drift in the detector. Opto-electronics 5, 345–350 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02057133
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02057133